Utah Symphony Announces The Return Of Folk Rock Sensation Ben Folds

Top Billboard and folk rock sensation Ben Folds is back by popular demand for a special concert on Monday, April 9 at 7:30 PM performing his greatest hits with the Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall led by Assistant Conductor Conner Gray Covington. Tickets, priced from $29 to $125, will go on sale Thursday, January 10 at 10 AM through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787.

For more than ten years Ben Folds has shared the stage with some of the world's greatest symphony orchestras, performing his pop hits and critically acclaimed "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra." He entertained sold out crowds at three sold out performances with the Utah Symphony at the Deer Valley Music Festival in 2010, 2014 and 2017. Mr. Folds continues to perform with symphonies and also cross-country solo touring reminiscent of his earliest years, where he delivers a high energy rock performance using the intimacy of just a piano. Throughout his career, Mr. Folds has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and collaborative records with artists from Sara Bareilles and Regina Spektor, to William Shatner. His most recent album is a blend of pop and classical original works that soared to #1 on both the Billboard Classical and Classical Crossover charts.

This concert joins other signature performances featuring chart topping, big name guest artists this season, including multi-platinum fiddling sensation, Celtic Woman, with the Utah Symphony on December 18 and Utah's beloved piano quintet, The 5 Browns, on January 26 in a solo presentation.

VIP & SUBSCRIBER PACKAGES

Two VIP ticket packages are available for purchase: A Ben Folds Meet & Greet Experience ($369), which includes premium reserved seating, meet and greet experience with Ben Folds, and other related swag, and AMAA (Ask Me Anything...About Music): A Ben Folds Masterclass Experience ($269) with premium reserved seating and other related swag. VIP ticket packages, USUO Subscriber and Ben Folds fan club presale starts Tuesday, January 8 at 10 AM.

For more information, visit the ticket website: https://utahsymphony.org/event/id/22339/

PROGRAM
The Utah Symphony presents
Ben Folds with the Utah Symphony
Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah
April 9, 2019 | 7:30 PM

Conner Gray Covington, Conductor
Ben Folds, guest artist

Program to be announced from the stage

Concert Sponsors:
Symphony Season Sponsor: George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Tickets, priced from $29 to $125, will go on sale Thursday, January 10 at 10 AM through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787. No discounts are available as this is a signature performance.

About the Utah Symphony

Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony performs more than 175 concerts each season and offers all Utahns easy access to world class live musical performances of the world's greatest music in the state's top venues. Since being named the orchestra's seventh music director in 2009, Thierry Fischer has attracted leading musicians and top soloists, refreshed programming, drawn increased audiences, and galvanized community support. In addition to numerous regional and domestic tours, including the Mighty 5 Tour of Utah's National Parks, the Utah Symphony has embarked on seven international tours and performed at Carnegie Hall in Spring 2016 coinciding with the orchestra's 75th anniversary celebrations. The Utah Symphony has released more than 100 recordings, including Mahler Symphony No. 1 in Fall 2017, and will release the first of three CDs of all Saint-Saëns works in January 2019. Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, the orchestra's parent organization, reaches 450,000 residents in Utah and the Intermountain region, with educational outreach programs serving around 137,000 students annually. In addition to performances in its home in Salt Lake City, Abravanel Hall, and concerts throughout the state of Utah, the Utah Symphony participates in Utah Opera's four annual productions at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre and presents the six-week Deer Valley Music Festival each summer in Park City, Utah. With its many subscription, education, and outreach concerts and tours, the Utah Symphony is one of the most engaged orchestras in the nation. For more information, visit utahsymphony.org.

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